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Matthew Ross is an award-winning director, screenwriter and journalist from New York City.
Ross made his feature-length debut as writer-director with Frank & Lola (2016), a "psychosexual noir love story" starring Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Michael Nyqvist, Justin Long, Emmanuelle Devos, and Rosanna Arquette. The film made its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where the critical reaction was overwhelmingly positive, including a 4-star review in The Guardian. Two days after its first public screening, Universal acquired worldwide rights to Frank & Lola, and released the film theatrically and on VOD later that year.
His other writing and directing work includes the festival shorts Lola (2006), Red Angel (2007), and Curtis and Clover (2001); the 2010 viral video Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis (2010), commissioned by Ellis and Random House, commissioned by Ellis and Random House and described by film critic Roger Ebert described as "one terrific video"; as well as more than 50 episodes of FIGHT! Life, an online documentary series about professional fighters, which has logged over 6 million YouTube views.
Ross was a story consultant for Larry David's HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), including contributing plotlines to the DGA award-winning episode "Palestinian Chicken", which Vanity Fair called "the crowing achievement of the entire series." He has also written and rewritten screenplays for Anonymous Content, Radical Studios, Palmstar Entertainment, Sundial Pictures, and Infinity Media, among other companies.
As a journalist, he has held staff editor/writer positions at a number of print and online publications, including Variety, Filmmaker, Indiewire, FIGHT!, and The Aesthete. His freelance articles about film, culture, sports, and politics have appeared in Playboy, The Village Voice, Nerve, Humanity magazine, and the Criterion Collection, among others. In October, 2013, Playboy published his first longform investigative feature, "Inside El Rodeo," an 8,000 story about a young American documentary filmmaker's imprisonment in Venezuela. His 2006 Filmmaker article on Steven Soderbergh's Bubble (2005) was included in the 2015 edition of Interviews: Steven Soderbergh (University Press of Mississippi).
Ross was a Directing Fellow at the Sundance Institute's Feature Filmmaking Labs and a board member of the IFP's Program Advisory Board. He has also hosted the Independent Film Channel's IFC in Theaters series, and appeared as a commentator/panelist for CNBC's Independent Spirit Awards coverage and HDNet's Inside MMA. He has also moderated panels and served on the jury at dozens of film festivals and events, including the Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute at BAM series, IFP's Independent Film Week and No Borders programs, among others.
He graduated Cum Laude with Honors from Harvard University. He is represented by the William Morris Endeavor agency and MGMT management. He lives in Brooklyn. (Bio current as of late 2016.)- Writer
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Matthew Ross Fennell is known for Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021), Billions (2016) and Happy Baby (2016).- Actor
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December 2023 Update - Matthew has been finishing up the last touches on his new feature film, "INVISIBLE," which he will be submitting to major film festivals around the world starting with the Cannes Film Festival, where he was nominated for his short film, "Food for Thought." Matthew was only a fledgling filmmaker at the time and hopes to return to Cannes with this exciting new feature. The film explores invisible diseases and illnesses including CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), Mental Illness, Depression, and Opiate Addiction. With the recent $260M settlement for Maya Kowalski, a young woman suffering with CRPS, "INVISIBLE" stands near the forefront of a new referendum on chronic pain.
2022 Update - Matthew co-stars with Lindsay Lohan and William Shatner in 2022 Super Bowl commercial! Matthew appears in 5 commercials running in 2022! His YouTube series S.K.C. hits over 300,000 views! Another feature horror film script done! His short, "Mother's Day Memories" nominated and wins 14 awards!
Matthew started his career in New York City. After attending Purchase School of the Arts, where he studied filmmaking and writing, he went on to write and direct his first independent feature, "Desperation Highway," a psychological thriller, distributed by First Miracle Pictures. AON Films was created.
Ross moved to LA where he wrote and directed his award-winning short, "Food for Thought," nominated for a Palme D'or at the 52nd annual Cannes Film Festival. The film won several awards and appeared at the Palm Springs Film Festival and festivals around the world.
Ross landed a position as a staff EPK Editor/Producer for SONY Pictures, creating impressive electronic press kits for the studio's top feature film projects.
Matthew went on to write and direct another award-winning short, "A Package for Me." That film won him best short film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and was invited to Palm Springs and other international festivals.
Ross became a WGA member, having sold two TV pitches and a feature pitch for his Denzel Washington action thriller, "The Wrong Target."
Matthew's recent 4k short, "Mother's Day Memories" was nominated at LA Shorts Intl. and New York's Chelsea Film Festival. The film has won numerous awards at other festivals. The film has been endorsed by the Los Angeles Alzheimer's Association.
Today, Matthew is busy writing and developing features and TV series. Check out AONFilms.com
As a young actor, Matthew co-starred on ABC's Life Goes On and appeared in numerous episodes of NBC's Saved by the Bell. He also appeared opposite Terrence Howard in the series New York Undercover.- Ross Matthew Anderson is known for Vikings (2013).
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Matthew Ross is known for Great Performances (1971) and Carnal Crimes (1991).- Director
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Matthew Thomas Ross is known for West Winds (2021) and Anomaly (2018).- Matthew Ross is known for LonelyNet (2009).
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Matthew Ross is known for Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015).- Matthew Ross is known for Vermicomposting: How worms can reduce our waste (2013).
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Matthew Ross is known for Oliver (2012) and Michael, Emmadri, and the Mermaid (2019).- Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Ross is known for Open Glass (2011).- Editorial Department
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Matthew Ross is known for Quincy Jones Presents Shelea (2019).- Matthew Ross is known for Big Water Challenge (2010).
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Matthew Ross is known for Aero the Acro-Bat (1993).- Director
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Matthew Colin Ross is known for Leftovers (2015).- Music Department
Matthew Ross is known for White Lies (2013).- Cinematographer
Matthew Ross is known for The Uptight American (2010).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Matthew Wilson Ross is known for Star Trek (2009), Green Lantern (2011) and The Heartbreak Kid (2007).- Matthew Hamilton Ross is known for The Melt Show (2024).